Storm curtain



F. L. CANOTT.

STORM CURTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.7,1921.

Patented Mar. 21,1922.

INVENTOH FEDL. CANOTT BY l ' ATTORNEYS Late FRED LEE CANOTT, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

STORM CURTAIN.

'Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lvfar. 21, 1:322.

Applicatioirfiled January 7, 1921. Serial No. 435,884.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED LEE CANOTT, a citizen of the Jnited States, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Storm Curtain, of which the following is a full clear, and exact de scription. 1

This invention relates to improvements in storm curtains, anobject of the invention being to provide a curtain of this character which is p'ecularily adapted for use on automobiles, but which may be applied to various other vehicles. H

A further object is to provide improved mounting for the curtain and to proiu'de a guide therefor which may be readily moved to operative position when the curtain is in use, or which can be quickly folded'up and swung out of the way whenfthe curtain is not needed.

'A further object is to provide an improved curtain and mounting therefor which will be simple and practical in con struction, strong and durable in use, neat and attractive in appearance and which will efliciently perform the functions for which they are intended. Y

l Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. i

In the accompanying drawings I Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of my improved curtain in applied position;

FigureQ is a top plan view of the curtain and its support v Figure 3 is a fragmentary view in section on the staggeredline 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4: is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of the lower end of one of the supports illustrating the curtain in locked position. 7 I

' Figure 5' is a fragmentary view illustrating the methodof lockingthe guide menn hers toa' support. I I V Figure 6 is a reduced view in front elevation illustrating the parts in folded position.

Referring in detail to the drawing, I have illustrated in Figure 1 the inside of an automobile body, the reference numerals 1 and 2 representing the drivers seat and the rear seat of the car respectively. The side wall 3 of the body provides mounting for the usual door e just behind the drivers seat 1. The top 5 of the car is supported by the usual metal framework 6 and my iniproyed curtain 7 is illustrated in applied position suspended from the horizontal side bar 8 of the top supporting framework 6.

is to be understood that the curtain 7 is intended to be used over the door 4 to supplement the other curtains or rain shields commonly employed, but for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the construction of my improved curtain the other protecting devices have not been shown.

A pair of brackets 9 of substantial U- shape are fixed to the frame bar 8 or to any other suitable support, which maybe provided above the door 4. These brackets at the upper edges of their intermediate portrons are formed with recesses 10. Inwardly extending lugs 11 at the upper ends of the recesses and outwardly extending lugs 12 at the lower ends of the recesses are provided for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. The lower edges of the intermediate portions of the brackets are formed with outwardly extending recessed flanges 13.

Plates 14 are hingedly connected at their lower edges to tubular guide members 15. At one of its upper corners each plate is formed with a T-shapecl extension 16 located in the recess 10 of the bracket 9 between the lugs 12, the arms of the T engaging under the lugs 11 and holding the plate firmly in place. The edges of the plates 14 engage the intermediate portion of the brackets 9, the recessed flanges 13 straddling the edges of the plates and lending further ri 'tlity to the connection of the plates and b a ckets.

The upper edges of the plates 1% are recessed to receive the ends of a conventional spring curtain or shade roller 17 which carries my improved storm curtain 7. The tubular guides hingedly depend from the plates 1% and are provided at their lower extremities with cut-away portions .18 to accommodate the upper edge 19 of the door frame or side wall 3 of the car. At each side of the door the frame is formed with a slot 20 which receives a locking tongue 21 slidable vertically in the lower end of the tubular member 15 and operated by a suitable handle 22 extending inwardlyover the door frame and movable through a vertical slot 28 in the tube.

This construction permits the guide 111cmhers to be removably locked in vertical position, one on each side of a door 4. The adjacent laces oi? the tubular members are longitudinally slotted from end to end as indicated at 2%.

The curtain 7 is cut away at its lower corners to expose the ends of the curtain bar 25. The bar includes enlarged ends 26 movable in the tubes 15 and reduced portions 27 adjacent each end movable through the slots 2 1. At their lower ends the members 15 are formed with vertically disposed recesses 28 communicating with the slots 24: so that the reduced portions 27 of the curtain bar 25 may be moved into the recesses 28 holding the curtain down against the action of the spring roller.

To more securely lock the casing in case of severe storms I provide a. key 29 suspen ed by a chain 30 from one of the plates l i. This key may be passed through a. suitable perforation 31 in the wall of one oi: the members 153 and also through a registering perforation 32 preferably in the form oi an eyelet, which is provided in the edge of the curtain 7.

It will be'seenthat the construction above described cooperates to form a-rainproof closure over the door 1. The edges of the curtain 7 are slidable in the tubes. The tiop 5 of the automobile extends over the curtain roller and prevents rain from entering over the top of the curtain. A depending apron depends from the curtain bar 25 between. the reduced portions 27 of the bar and prevents any leakage under the curtain.

When the curtain is not in use, it may be rolled up and improved meansare provided on the tubular guide members 15 for locking them in folded position be low the curtain roller. One of thememhere 15 is provided adjacent its hinged end with a pair ot arms 3% adapted to straddle the "free end of the other member 15 when these guide members are in folded.

position. The lhSlkl'IlBllt'iOllGCl guide member is provided ad acent its lunged end with a lunged aperture arm 35 adapted to engage over the handle member 22 on the other guide member so that the two members are locked in the. folded horizontal position illustrated clearly in Figure 6.

1 arrangement of the parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but. consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alteration as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a suitable support, of a curtain roller mounted therein, guide members hingedly depending from the support, a shade mounted on the'roller and guided in its movement by the guide members, and means for supporting the guide members in folded horizonal position when the shade is rolled up.

2. The combination with a suitable support, of a curtain roller mounted in the support, a pair of vertical slotted tubular guide members hingedly depending from the support, a shade mounted on the roller, devices at thelower edge of the shade fmovable in the guide members, the side edges of the shade being movable in the slots, and means for locking the guide members in folded horizontal position when the curtain is rolled up.

'3. The combination with a suitable sup port, of a curtain roller mounted in the support, a pair of vertical slotted tubular guide members hingedly depending from the support, a shade mounted on the roller, devices at the lower edge of the shade movable in the guidemembers, the side edges of the shade being movable in the slots, and means carried by the hinged end of each guide member adapted to removably engage V with the freeend of the other guide memher to lock the guide members in folded horizontal position.

t. The combination with a support, and a stationary base below the support, of a pair of plates depending from the support,

tubular guide members hingedly depending from the plates and having vertical slots in their adjacent faces, a shade mounted in the support, devices at the edges of the shade movable in the guide members, and means associated with the "free ends of the guide giembers adapted to removably engage the ase.

5. The combination with a support, and a stationary base below the support, of a pair of plates depending from the support,

tubular guide members hingedly depending from the plates and having vertical slots in their adjacent faces, a'shade mounted" in the support, devices at the edges of the shade movable in the guide members, locking tongues mounted to slide vertically in the lower ends of the guide members, said base having slots therein receiving the tongues, said tubular guide members having short vertical slots therein, andhandles connected to the locking tongues and movable through the slots.

6. The combination with a suitable support, and a base located below the support, of a curtain roller mounted in the support, a spring held curtain on the roller, vertical slotted tubular guide members hingedly connected to the support and reniovably connected to the base, a curtain bar adjacent the lower edge of the curtain, said bar including a reduced portion adjacent each end slidable in the slots, and enlarged end portions slidable in the tubular members, said curtain being cut away in its lower corners to expose the reduced portions.

7. The combination with a suitable support, and a base located below the support,

of a curtain roller mounted in the support, a spring held curtain on the roller, Vertical slotted tubular guide members hingedly connected to the support and removably connected to the base, a curtain bar adjacent 20 the lower edge of the curtain, said bar including a reduced portion adjacent each end slidable in the slots and enlarged end portions slidable in the tubular members, said curtain being cut away in its lower corners to 2 5 expose the reduced portions, and a depending apron on the lower edge of the curtain carried by the curtain bar and located between the reduced portions thereof.

FRED LEE GANOTT. 

